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The Clue Of The Forgotten Murder:

CHAPTER XXXV

By CARLETON, KENDRAKE

Griff met his gaze steadily, "I want to congratulate you." he Anid, "upon your quick presence of mind. I wasn't certain that you had! seen us in the lobby when we entered the hotel."

You can imagine how sweet a posi-fargery, an excellent forgery- for- tion I'd have been in to have had my gery which had been long rehearsed. This impersonation was no cas- Charles Filter twisted his lips in picture on the front pages of the a sheepish smile. "Gentlemen," he newspapers as the woman who was unl matter, no idle vagary of a com- aald, "may congratulate you upon held under suspleton of being the mon crook. It was a thing which bobbed-haired bandit who had been had long been planned in this man's your perspicacity."

robbing service stations and who had mind, something that had been care- been picked up while driving with a fully thought out. We know of that cheque which was cashed. We do not man who was intoxicated."

"The name theh," he said, "that know what else was done. Thero may have been other cheques cashed. There may have been other frauds you gave the police was false???

"Of course it was falne." Fisher suddenly grew accusing. perpetrated. It is even possible that "Will you please," at the young woman in Longs of icy dignity, "elle stood with his feet spread apart, this man had, on previous occasions, plain to me the meaning of this is big frame seemed to crouch, sa represented himself as being Frank though ready to spring. His right B. Cathay and sowed the seeds of all three of you?"

at the crime which have yet to make them- Fisher's smile faded from his face. arm was extended, flexed He glanced significantly at the crim- elbow. His right forefinger pointed selves manifest. Therefore, young accusingly at the girl and was held woman, you have definitely placed yourself beyond the pale of the law." inologist.

"Gentlemen," he said. "I had, less than a foot from her face. "I am going to give you you know, just entered the room when you knocked. I had not had chance," he said, "and one chance an opportunity to state the purpose only to show your good faith in this Mina Hockley. matter. Do you know anything about of my errand to think that you will, perhaps, benefit

prison, young woman?" far more if you let me ask the ques- tions. After I have finished you are,

one

Fisher glowered at her. "But," she said, "I was entirely innocent. You were not Innocent," the law- tech- yer interrupted. "You were Her eyes lost their glittering as-nically guilty.. You were both an of course, at liberty, to ask any ques-surance. She was no longer sure of accomplice and accessory after the herself, She spoke with a voler that fact. You assisted a feion to violate tions that you wish."

the law. Therefore, the law Bys Grit nodded. “I'm not so certain," Blecker said,quavered.

"Why," she asked, "should I know you yourself are guilty."

"But I didn't know that about the "but what

about prison?" Griff broke in. "Mr. "Naturally,"

"Because," he said, "that is where law," she said.

"Ignorance of the law excuser no Fisher knows mure about the inatter

happens,

young une," Fisher told her. "Now, under than we do. He's in a position to you are going unless you are very,

very careful. I woman, that I am an attorney, those circumstances and with ank, more intelligent questions."

with "Thank you," said Pisher

am an attorney who is representing plete knowledge of that which has the estate of Frank H. Cathay. Frank happened, I am going to call upon ellgnity,

B. Cathay is the man who was im-you to make a complete and accurate personsted by this companion who statement of that which occurred,

"I am still waiting," said the young woman, "to know what this is all

about.

Fisher fnced her and stared ne?

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"Yes," she anid.

"Yes," she said in a weak voice, cusingly into her alert black eyes. "I am going to give you one upstand what it is, do you not?"

"When you gave the name of Mary portunity, and only one opportunity."

"You understand if you tell any Briggs to the police," he said, "and Fisher bellowed, "I want the truth insisted that you were a hitch-hiker and the whole truth. You gave the lies now you are making yourself an You also gave necessary after the fact and that that You must have known that eventually police a false name. you were going to be called upon to the pollen a false story about wing is hint as serious as though you had.

committed the crime yourself. bitch-hiker."

"Yes," she said, "if you say so." make a more complete explanation."

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"I want you," Fisher said. "La tell with eyes that slowly widened. Ber the whole story. I don't want your lawyer and I know. Here, I wil ps parted. Her quick breathing to spare yourself. I want the story give you one of my cards" showed her sudden agitation, She from beginning to end.” took two steps and dropped into a "wasn't guilty of anything, she pocket, shed out a card, whipped

it about in a flourishing half circle! SHORTHAND RESULTS chair as though: the strength, had left anid. "I only...

"You don't know whether you were and presented it to her, holding it i her knees.

Take it," he said. "How did you find out?" she asked. guilty of anything or not," Fisher in front of her face.

yourself an Fisher's smile was the smile of a boomed. "You made

His booming voice filled the room. vigorous attorney who is about to accomplice. You were an accessory embark upon the cross-examination after the fact, You lied to the police He was not shouting. It was rather

The Shorthand and Commercial cable from of a helpless witness, a witness who is when they were inaking an investiga as though ordinary conversation com.-. helplessly trapped before the exam- tion. Therefore, in the eyes of the ing in over a radio had been so

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with examination la shorthand and type- he said, "doesn't matter. What we resisted him to escape, are primarily interested in is the from a police net. You doubtless

the realize now that this nun was not quivering hand. She stared at writing held at the Bureau on Novem- for your falsehood

The Shorthand Frank R. Cathay at all, but was on steadily for several seconds. Then ber 9 last. Forty-six out of the Afty- and Commercial Bureau opened on "Need you ask7" she Inquired. impostor. I may further tell you her hand dropped uncertainly to her two entries passed.

four students. "What is it you want?" she asked. June with only "Naturally I didn't want to get mixed that this man cashed a large cheque inp

Below are the results in detail: (To Be Continued.) up in a crime. They rather suspected the hotel where he was staying.! I was a female bandit who had been The cheque was drawn upon the banki holding up service stations. After in Riverview where Mr. Cathay keeps | that they gat the iden that my com- his account. The cheque was signed, panion was on the dodge and had apparently, with the signature of wns a clever fern driving a car while intoxicated, Frank B. Cathay. It

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The girl took the card

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